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Cindi Andrews
Cincinnati Enquirer

Republican Senate candidate Josh Mandel - in a debate with incumbent Sherrod Brown that was moderately less snippy than the previous two - reiterated Thursday night that he supports abortion only to save the life of the mother.

"I do respect that people have different positions on this issue," Mandel said. "One thing I think we can work on is better laws for adoption."

He accused Brown of supporting abortion in the ninth month of pregnancy, to which the Democrat responded: "That's the first time I've heard that. I'm not aware of that." ...